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Empowering adolescent girls in East Asia and the Pacific to protect, build...
Some recipients of a scholarship given to young girls in Cambodia at the end of primary school. The program has had a significant effect on girls’ secondary enrollment. (photo by Deon Filmer)Those of...
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Time to wake up to disaster prevention, Asia
A power substation in Yingxhou, Sichuan Province was almost totally destroyed in the magnitude 7.9 Sichuan-Wenchuan earthquake in 2008.The statistics are startling. 75% of global flood mortality risk...
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Three things to know about migrant workers and remittances in Malaysia
Migrants represent 15% of Malaysia’s workforce, making the country home to the fourth largest number of migrants in the East Asia Pacific region. The migrant population is diverse, made up of workers...
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ASEAN meeting explores ways of professionalizing public procurement to meet...
Construction of a sky train in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Seksan Pipattanatikanunt/World Bank In the past, procurement (purchasing) was not considered to be a specialist function but one of the...
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